Month: November 2016

Shortly after the Day of the Dead celebrations, I packed my bags for Quito. My 3-month tourist visa was almost up and I was heading to the immigration office in Quito to renew it for another 6 months (the Visa 12:IX). Of course, it was also the perfect excuse to take some time Continue Reading

Birthday party in Otavalo Barely 2 weeks after leaving Otavalo at the end of the school vacation, I was back in Otavalo again – this time for the birthday party of one of Rosa’s nieces. It was pretty similar to a typical birthday party for kids back in Singapore: lots of Continue Reading

Teaching After the one-week school vacation, I went back to teaching. It’s great that I have a lot of support from Profesora Blanca, the regular teacher. She wants the kids to take English classes more seriously and stop treating it like a vacation, so she told me to give them Continue Reading

Most of the fellow travellers I meet tend to spend a couple of days, at the most, in Otavalo: visiting the Saturday market and Cuicocha Lake seem to be the most popular activities. I’d already spent a week in Otavalo prior to Intag, but my host family has relatives there Continue Reading